By Kristina Pattison, DPT, OCS, CSCS After Planning a Race Season for the year, you may be working toward developing a training program that will […]
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PLANNING A RACE SEASON
By Kristina Pattison, DPT, OCS, CSCS January is when runners reassess, rebuild, and refocus on the coming season. This year, with or without resolutions, is […]
Overtrained or overstrained?
Often overtrained is poor nomenclature for overstrained. Most of us are actually running less than we’d like, stressing more than we should, working as much […]
Start Being an Injured Runner: Accepting Grief
As my patients sit down and start telling their story, usually they are smiling. They just met me; it’s customary to smile. But often, through […]
Kima Trophy: 52km of True Mountain Running in the Italian Alps
“The trick is to NOT get confident, because then you overestimate your abilities.” —Anna Eriksmo on accepting risk. Words cannot describe the challenges and landscape […]
An Italian Welcome to Sondrio: Home of Skyrunning Legend, Trofeo Kima
Stuffing all my various running gear and food into sacks to tote up to my room, covered in mud and sweat from the day’s adventures, […]
5 Race Week Don’ts
After nearly 11 months since my last Skyrunning race—the Rut 50km in Montana, USA, and about 15 months since my last international Skyrunning race—Transvulcania 75km […]
HAMPEROKKEN 60KM: TROMSØ, NORWAY—COURSE OVERVIEW
A race of extremes, Hamperokken 60km leaves the bustling city center of Tromsø, traversing over the water on a highway bridge to climb steeply up […]
Tromsø Skyrace, Norway: A Race of Extremes
Tromsø is a small metropolis on an island among islands at 69 degrees latitude in the Arctic Circle of northern Norway. A dense little city […]
MACRO, MESO, MICRO: WHATS UP WITH CYCLES?
Progressing your training deliberately is the best way to ensure you meet your goals without sliding back downhill due to avoidable setbacks like injury, fatigue, […]